UK

 A walk in the countryside in Sussex, me a farmer, fell over in the mud!...and had to go to the pub for lunch all muddy...

 More wonky rooves.

 Hever Castle, the Boleyn family seat

 as you can see I am a Cath Kidston fan....

 Pierre and our baby girl and dear Jon

To London for Christmas

 In Melbourne before we left.

 In London. Pinecone of the glittering eyes...

 If you look carefully there is a beautiful fox above the fence in this photo. In broad daylight but why shouldn't they live in the city when their habitat is so depleted? I think the consensus now is they don't do much harm.

We couldn't get over how darkness fell so early, always took us by surprise.

 Westminster Abbey. Awe inspiring, seeing the ancient tombs of Kings and Queens and famous people......

 Sarah's beautiful Christmas cake. She got a vomiting bug on Christmas Day and after all her hard work preparing, she was bedridden for the day!

I would like to live somewhere like this if I lived in England, Sussex. I do love the UK so much!

Reading

 Quilt is progressing.

 Have read this book recently, I adore Alexander McCall Smith and I have all of his No 1 Ladies Detective Agency books. I also love Rosalie Ham who is a very different sort of storyteller but then again, maybe she has similiar interests but tells her story in a different way. Morality tales both, with humour.

This is Pierre's beautiful old FX holden.

We are heading off to London next Saturday, for Christmas with Sarah and Jonathan  and all I can do is dither.We will be away  for 25 days and I am trying to get everything shipshape and organised for our house sitter.

Happy Christmas to all!!

Slinging a net and garlic

Clive modelling my knitting....

 My husband, the old sea salt, slinging a net......

•  My garlic crop.

Raindrops on roses..........

Around the house

 A walk around our house on this November morn........

Our house has lots of finials.